Child&#39;s scooter



.PatentedUct. 25, 1927. I

t%-.-;U: 'iT- OSCAR WILSON, OF

*HAZEL WILSON, OF'SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. 7

omLns SCOOTER.

1' Application filed May 24,

This -invention'relates to .a childs toy oi b the child who is riding onthe scooter.

.The'child stands with one foot on the scoot- ;erand at intervals bendshis knee sofas to strikethe pavement with the other foot,therebypropelling the scooter forwardly.

The general object of this invention is to 1 provide a toy of thisgeneral type which is constructed in such away as to enable the child toremain in a. seated position, and at the same time, operates in such away as to give him an opportunity to strike the pavemer t at intervalswith his feet; also to provide a toy of this kind int-Which the motionofthe seatsupport simulates that of a-galloping horse. 1

tion, the constructionincludes an oscillating supportniounted upona-base andincludes .a' compression spring which is compressed when thechild places his full Weight upon the seat, and one of the objects ofthe, invention is tov provide simplemeans for-regulat' ring the positionof the spring to-[alter its 7" efl'ect and adapt the toy-for useby,children of different weights. 7 H

.Further objects of the invention w ll appear" hereinafter.

" The invention consistsin the novel-parts and combination/of. parts tobe described hereinafter, all of which contribute to pro 1 pointed outin'the appended .ducean efficient childs scooter. I v

, A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the followingspecification, While the broad scope of the invention is claims.

i In the drawings Figure 1 is a planof a scooter embodying :iiny;invention. FigureQfisja side elevation of the scooter illustrated L inlig. 1,--but upon areduced.

scale, certainparts being broken away and shown in cross section to,i'llustrate detalls of the invention.

Z -i In practicing my invention, I: provide a ,base 1 of any suitableconstruction. This qbase is mounted; upon rollers 2 and 3 wh ch arepreferably in: the form of casters-,1 the connected trom'the' "lates upand down.

rollers being disposed in m'o'unted'on 71926. Serial no. 111,236."

brackets having swivels or pivot 'pins about SANTA.A1\TA, CALIFORNIA,ASSIGNOR 0F onn-HALF mummies which the brackets can turn. a Uponthebase,

I mount anoscillating support 5 which ea.

operates with a springifi. f The child sits" upon a saddle 'or' seat -7'onzthe oscillating seat, thesprin'g will 'be oompressed. -"'lhe in anupward directionto' move the oscillat- Z'ing support upwardly. 5Theyoscillating sup.- port is preferably constructed so asto representan animal, and order to {simulate the galloping effect of theanimal, andalsov to permit the childs .feet to come near 'enoughto thejpavement topropel the scooter forwardly, I prefer to provide afhinge connection 8between the oscillating support and thebase 1. This connection is preferg i g o 7 t v, ably disposed at the rear end of the base. vInthepreterred embodiment of the inven- In order to simulatethe gallopinganimal, I provide two side pieces 9 which maybe Web 11 in asubstantially horizontal plane.

Between thefweb"11' and the base 1;the "spring "6 is located.

mountedin any Isuitablemanner," but I prefer toform' itfin'the'shape ofa coil" placed around a guide stem 12'. Thelower end' 'of the guidestein is formed of a T-head 13,.

support and when he puts his weighton the] i This'spring may; be

the barsoi which are secured to-the upper side ot' the base by suitablebearings 14.

The upper end of the stein-'slides freely through an opening 15 in theweb 11 and projects a considerable distance above :the

web, so that thesteni'will ,not become diswebfas the lever oscil- Thebase 1 is elongated in a front and rear direction and thespa cea't eachside of the seat near the sides of the base f isp unobs structed so asto permit"theichild "to strike his feet uponthe"pavement orv floor. 'Inlorder permit-this, the base should be of sufiicientlynarrow widthi- Thebase'is' con.- structed in any suitablemannerto givelitlaterahstabilityi In order to accomplish this, it preferablyhas'lateral'extensions at eachside which. carry the rollers 3. ,For thispurpose, I- prefer to provide across"bar- 16 body.

both his feet toward the rear, so that they 'strike the pavement, and inthis way he In using the scooter, the child suddenly places his fullweight upon the seat. fllns will compress'the spring 6 and depress theoscillating support 5 As the spring. is conipressed, the child comesnearer to the .face' of the pavement and as he does so, he swingspropels the scooter forwardly. At each comp s n of the spring, it exertsits force to move the oscillating support upwardly In this way, theoscillating support swings up and down and simulates .the gallopingmotion of the animal on which the child is seated. This enables thechild to drive the scooter forwardly-at a good speed and gives him thepleasure of imagining that he is riding upon a real animal. V

I In order to enable the action of the spring 6 to be regulated to adaptthe scooter, for use .with children of different ages and weights, Iprefer to provide means for se curing the spring in different positionsalong the base, that is to say, nearer to or farther from the hingeconnection 8. In order to accomplish this, I prefer to provide aplurality of spaced openings 19 in the base which may receive the bolts20 which secure the bearings 14; in place. In addition, I provide theweb 11 with a plurality of guide openings 21 like the opening 15,

through which the upper end of the stem may be guided.

The individual scooter but they facilitate its being steered indifferent directions.

It is understood that the embodiment of the invention described hereinis only oneof the many embodiments this invention may take, and I do notwish to be limited in the practice of the invention, nor .in the claims,

to theparticular embodiment set forth.

What I claim is: v c i 1. InachiloUs scooter, the combination of abasewith a rigid lateral extension at its end, rollers adapted tosupport thebase on a pavement or, floor, an oscillating support above the base andhaving'a seat for the child, means for guiding the seat to enable it tomovedown when the child puts his ,weight on it, a spring adapted to becompressed by the childs weight for moving the swivel pins for therollers do not interfere with the stabilizing of the support upwardly,said base being of sufficiently narrow width topermit the child on theseat to strike the ground with his feet when the support moves down,topropel the scooter forwardly, the said rollers including 7 a pair ofrollers mounted on individual swivel pins at a greater distance apartthan thewidth of the base a'djacentthe seat and operating to givelateral stability to the scooter.

' 2. In a childs scooter, the combination of a base with a rigid lateralextensionat its end, rollers mounted to swivel on individual pinsadapted to support the base on a pavement or floor, an oscillatingsupporthaving a seat for the child, means for guiding the seat to enableit'to movedown whenthe child puts his weight on'it, a spring mounted soas to be compressed by the'childs weight, for moving the supportupwardly, said base'constructed to permit the child to strike the groundwith his feet when'the support moves down, to propel the scooterforwardly, said rigid lateral extension operating as stabilizing means,carrying a plurality of the said rollers and operating'to give lateralstability to the scooter;

3. In a childs scooter, thecombination of .a base with a rigid lateralextension at its end, rollers mounted to swivel on individual pins forsupporting the base on a pavement or floor, an oscillating supporthavinga seat for the child and havi'ng a hinge connection on the base towardits rear end, a spring between the base and the oscillating supportadapted to be compressed by the childs weight and operating to move-theoscillating support upwardly after each downward movement, saidlateralextension consisting of a cross-bar carrying a plurality ofthe'saidroll'ers and operating to give lateral sta:

bility tothe scooter. v

at. In a childs scooter, the combination of a base, rollers forsupporting the :base' on a pavement or floor, an oscillating supporthaving a seat for the child and having a hinge connection on the basetoward its rear end, a spring between the base and theoscillatingsupport adapted to be compressed'by thechilds weight and operating tomove the oscillating support upwardly after each downwardcmovement,'said base having a cross-bar carrying a plurality of the saidrollers and operating to give lateral stability to the scooter, andmeans for securing the said spring-in a plurality of different positionsbetween the base "and the oscillating support; i"

'5; In a ohildsiscooter, the combination of a base having alongitudinally extending body portion and having a cross-bar at one end,rollers under the body portion andlinder the cross bar, to roll upon apavementlor floor, an oscillating support having a hinge connection withthe base toward its rear end,

and having a seat for thechild, and acorn-- c pression spring betweenthe base and the os- 5 cillating support, said spring operating to becompressed when the child puts his weight on the support andexerting-its force to swing the support upwardly after each compressionof the spring, the longitudinal portion of said base constructed so asto permit the child to strike the floor withhis feet when the spring iscompressed,.to propel the scooter forwardly.

6. In a childs scooter, the combination of a base, rollers adapted tosupport thebase on a pavement or floor, an oscillating support having ahinge connection with the base toward'its rear end, said support hav iabove the seat.

operating to be compressed when thechild puts his weight on the seat soas to swing the support downwardly, and exerting its forcev .ing a seatfor the child, a compressionspring between'the base and the oscillatingsupport to swing the oscillating support upwardly" ahandle bar at theforward end of 'the-oscillating support 'and in a position elevatedSigned at Santa Ana, California, this 'dayof May-1926.

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